Mrs. McDonough

 This is the link to the long term calendar for AP.

Prep for next test:

1.  Table of cell organelles.

2.  Ch 41, Digestion, your choice

3.  Notes from Digestion Tour

4.  Adaptations for Eating

5.  Teeth Lab

6. Prep Ch 8

7. Prep Ch 44(partial)

11/9-13

Mon-Aquaporin Article and questions due Fri.

Tues--Thurs-Work on systems presentation

Fri-Prelab 1B-C due next week lab Mon or Tues.  

 

Mon.- Read ch.8, Membranes, Prep: Your Choice

Tues-NO School

Wed-

Thurs- Field Trip

Fri-Read Ch. 44, starting with p. 941-951, Prep Your Choice

 AP Bio 10/26-10-30

 Tues-Lab #2 due on Friday,  handout only with error analysis as discussed in class.

Wed-Prepare for skit(pd 2 presents Fri 10/30; Pd 4 presents  Mon 11/2) and digestive tour (pd 4 presents Thurs10/29; Pd 2 presents Mon 11/2)

 

Field Trip Next Thursday 11/5 "Body World"!!

 

AP Bio 10/19-23

****Due Monday10/19: 
                  Reading Q: Deciphering of Proteins
                  Enzyme Packet
****TEST: Thursday
Mon/Tues: Prelab #2
                  Check for field trip, DUE TUES.
Thursday: Read ch 41 Digestion: Prep, Your Choice, due test date
 

 

****Field Trip Permission due WED 10/14, signed on both front and back!!
****Check for Field Trip due on FRIDAY 10/16
         1.    Ch 3 Wkst- Table Water Properties
         2.    Ch 3 Wkst—Concept on Water
         3.    Ch 4 Wkst—Table of functional groups and isomer practice (staple this to the table)
         4.    Ch 5 PKT- Completed and corrected Biochem Packet
         5.    Ch. 6 Guided Questions (from Resource page)

Mon- Read Ch 6/Guided Q (prep, due test day)
Wed- Cell Organelle Presentation
         Ch. 7 Prep/Table of cell organelles
Thurs-Reading: Deciphering Protein Folding (due Monday)

From our mating behavior assignment:

 

 

To all of the girls in Bio

I have something I want to say

There are a few things that you should know

If you want a very good mate

 

If you try to get our attention

By trying anything weird

Then the next time you try to look for us

We'll probably have disappeared

 

If you try to act really cool

You definitely won't get our  attention

And if you do something inappropriate while you're at it 

Be happy with an in school suspension

 

Anything that you try to say

If it doesn't come from the heart

You might be able to get a boyfriend

But he probably won't be smart

 

The final thing I have to say

(though it may seem completely absurd)

The only way to get a boyfriend in AP Bio

Is act, not cool, but like a nerd!

 

Sept 29-Oct 2

Tues- Test tomorrow

          Prep due in folder in this order

                  Ch 50 Concept map

                   Terrestrial Biome Table

                   Ch 54 Concept map

                   Ch 53 Flash card

                   Wkst- Community Concept Map

                   Ch 52 Text Quiz (CD or web, print out results page)

                   Ch 51 Guided Questions

                  

Wed.-Ch 2, flip through the chapter, chemistry review, no required prep, but you must be familiar with this material. 

         Ch. 3 Prep: 2 worksheets ( handed out in class a concept map and a table)

Thurs- REVISED  due next week:  Read ch 4-- 2 Worksheets (provided in class, a table and isomer exercise)

 Friday-  Lab 12 due Monday- Modified lab,  graphs and questions.  Please follow written/verbal instructions given in class.

REVISED due next week :  Biochem packet

Great discussion on Friday!  I am awed by the intelligent and thoughtful comments.  Certainly you will be worthy leaders of the future.  

 

The Phila. Inquirer continues to address WHS AP Bio curriculum!   This article is not required but I thought of yesterday's "commons" discussion as I read this commentary "The urge to buy turns on ethics".  If you are interested here is the link: 

             http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/59821982.html

 

Mon- 1.  Mating Behavior HW:  Mating Dance Performance or Words of Advice for the

               Opposite  Sex (Yes, this is for real points.  Have fun with it because we are working too  

               hard not to have some fun along the way.)

          2. Continue to work on prep work for ch 51 (guided questions posted)

Tues/Wed. - Prelab #12 due on your lab day

Thurs- 1.  Prepare for test and prep work next Wed. 9/30

            2.  Lab report will be due Mon. 10/5 this will include the posted questions from the two

                Phila. Inq. articles (Drop in the Bay) and sturgeons article found below:

 

 STURGEON ARTICLE    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/59589287.html

 Another great article just in time!   Great application of our population concepts. 
1.  Define spawning.
2.  What caused the plummet in the Delaware sturgeon population?
3. Look at the pictures included in this article to find most of the answers for the following
    Reproductive facts:
    -when do females reach sexual maturity?
    - how often do individuals spawn?
    - where does spawning take place?
    - how many eggs can a female produce?
    -what conditions are needed for the eggs to hatch?
    - how long do juveniles remain in the river before migrating to the ocean?
    - which reproductive strategy is shown with this organism?
4.  How old and big can the Atlantic sturgeon get?
5.  How will DNA samples be used?
6.  How is technology being employed to study this population?  
7.  Should we care?  Why or why not? 

Fri.- Prepare for test and prep (ch 50-54)

Sept 8-11 

Tues. 

1.  Notecard homework:  Side 1- Reactions to the essay "X", who is "X"?  Did you like the way Leopold addressed the concept?  Side 2- Prepare for your role in the biogeochemical cycle by noting how you fit into the cycle.

2.   Please read this article from the front page of Sunday's edition of the Phila. Inquirer which they printed in honor of our unit!  A great example of the practical nature of our studies! This will be attached as part of Lab 12 which will be due 9/29

A Drop in the Bay 

The Basics-

Please answer the following questions based on the article.  Your answers will be attached as part of the Lab #12.   

Define:

Watershed

Estuary

Effluent

1.  Why is nitrogen "poisonous" to the bay?

2.  Why has the nitrogen levels increased in the bay?

3.  What is the effect of the high levels of nitrogen on the aquatic ecosystem?

4.  What measures are being taken to reduce the nitrogen levels?(address farming, home owners, sewage treatment)

5.  Why are phosphorous levels also important? What legislation has be proposed to reduce these levels?

6.  Why are the sea grasses important to this ecosystem?  ( use the term bioindicator in context as part of your answer, demonstrating your understanding of this term)

7.  How does DO effect the health of the bay?

8.  Why do trout usually die out of the streams by the end of the summer, apply our lab #12 concepts?

9.  Go to Google Earth, identify our town.  What watershed do we belong to?  

Thurs.- Read the classic article, The Tragedy of the Commons,  select 5 quotes from the essay that you think are thought provoking and put them on notecards.  This will be used in class next week to discuss the article. 

 

 

 Aug 31-Sept 4

Mon- Topic: What did I get myself into?
Assignment:
3. Set up your account to the text web site,  www.phschool.com/access, see the    (5mins)
AP links page and follow the instructions.   

Password:  SSNAST-STANK-UPEND-KANZU-ASTIR-PIPES

4. Quickly browse over ch.50, Key Question: What environmental characteristics influence the distribution and characteristics of living   (30mins)
organisms?
Prep:  Create a concept map for the chapter. (Prep, Due test date)
          Fill in table for terrestrial biomes  (Prep, Due test date)
          Extra Help:
           Link:  biomes and climographs practice                               
                
             http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

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